By Regina Lynn
02:00 AM Aug. 12, 2005 PT
All week, I’ve been burned out on technology. I haven’t wanted to read e-mail, much less answer it. I haven’t felt like logging into IM, despite the clients and friends who expect me to be there. I haven’t even wanted to pick up my phone.
In my job, I can’t boycott technology for a day, much less a week. I’ve been forcing myself to bang out e-mails and make the necessary phone calls.
But when I’m done working for the day, I’ve been flopping on my bed with a novel in hand and the phone turned off. No social e-mail or chatting — there’s not a keyboard in sight.
I even wrote this column the old-fashioned way, with pen and paper.
I’m sure this is familiar to you. If you’re reading Wired News, it stands to reason that you spend a lot of time at the computer. All geeks burn out on tech once in a while, and even gamers need the occasional break from the controls. (Really.)
But how many couples confuse technology burnout with relationship burnout? You start projecting the anti-IM sentiment onto the person on the other end of the dialog. Or you resent the friend calling you when you suddenly can’t stand the sound of the polyphonic ring tone you paid $2 for. (more…)
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